GB 0120 GC/197 - Peters, Rudolph Albert (1889-1982): British Anti-Lewisite (BAL) and treatment of post-arsphenamine jaundice

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GB 0120 GC/197

Title

Peters, Rudolph Albert (1889-1982): British Anti-Lewisite (BAL) and treatment of post-arsphenamine jaundice

Date(s)

  • 1941-1953 (Creation)

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4 boxes

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Archival history

GB 0120 GC/197 1941-1953 Collection (fonds) 4 boxes Peters , Sir , Rudolph Albert , 1889-1982 , Knight , biochemist

Collection transferred to Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in July 1996 along with other materials from Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford, where they had been received c September 1991. It is not known who placed them there.

Papers of Professor R A Peters including reports, correspondence, minutes, etc, relating to work on antidotes to chemical warfare agents, development of British Anti-Lewisite, and its clinical uses, 1941-1953.

Index to correspondents. Arranged in two sections:
A. BAL (British Anti-Lewisite), 1941-1953.

B. Arsphenamine jaundice and methionine, 1943-1945

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

English

Additional Peters material in PP/HBF, PP/MEL, PP/PBM, SA/PHY, SA/SRL.

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Feb 2009 Arsphenamine Chemicals Amino acids Amino acids, neutral Methionine Wars (events) World wars (events) Military equipment World War Two (1939-1945) Weapons Weapons of mass destruction Chemical warfare agents Peters , Sir , Rudolph Albert , 1889-1982 , Knight , biochemist Organic chemicals Organometallic compounds Arsenicals Equipment

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Collection transferred to Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in July 1996 along with other materials from Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford, where they had been received c September 1991. It is not known who placed them there.

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Scope and content

Papers of Professor R A Peters including reports, correspondence, minutes, etc, relating to work on antidotes to chemical warfare agents, development of British Anti-Lewisite, and its clinical uses, 1941-1953.

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Accruals

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Index to correspondents. Arranged in two sections:
A. BAL (British Anti-Lewisite), 1941-1953.

B. Arsphenamine jaundice and methionine, 1943-1945

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Conditions governing access

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Additional Peters material in PP/HBF, PP/MEL, PP/PBM, SA/PHY, SA/SRL.

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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